sphacelus

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noun

1. necrotic tissue;
a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
• Syn:
gangrene, slough
• Derivationally related forms:
sphacelate, gangrenous (for: gangrene), gangrene (for: gangrene)
• Hypernyms:
pathology
• Hyponyms:
dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification, gas gangrene,
clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis
2. the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
• Syn:
necrosis, mortification, gangrene
• Derivationally related forms:
sphacelate, gangrenous (for: gangrene), mortify (for: mortification), necrotic (for: necrosis)
• Hypernyms:
death
• Hyponyms:
myonecrosis